Thing

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Thing (comics)

The Thing (Benjamin "Ben" Grimm) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. The character is known for his trademark rocky orange appearance, sense of humor, blue eyes, and famous battle cry, "It's clobberin' time!". The Thing's speech patterns are loosely based on those of Jimmy Durante.

Actor Michael Bailey Smith played Ben Grimm in The Fantastic Four film from 1994, Michael Chiklis portrayed the Thing in the 2005 film Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, while Jamie Bell acted the part in 2015's Fantastic Four.

In 2011, IGN ranked the Thing 18th in the "Top 100 Comic Book Heroes", and 23rd in their list of "The Top 50 Avengers" in 2012. The Thing was named Empire magazine's tenth of "The 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters" in 2008.

Publication history

Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961).

Thing (The Addams Family)

Thing T. Thing, often referred to as just Thing, is a fictional character in the The Addams Family series. Thing was originally conceived as a whole creature (always seen in the background watching the family) that was too horrible to see in person. The only part of him that was tolerable was his human hand (this can be seen in the 1964 television series. The Addams called him "Thing" because he was something that could not be identified. Thing was changed to a disembodied hand for the 1991 and 1993 Addams Family movies.

In Spain it was called Cosa ("Thing") while in other Spanish-speaking countries it was named Dedos ("Fingers"); in German-speaking countries das eiskalte Händchen ("the little ice-cold hand"); in Portuguese-speaking countries Mãozinha ("Little Hand") or Coisa ("Thing"); and in Italian was called Mano ("Hand"). It was also named "Ting" (An easy word for calling a dog in the Thai language).

Appearances

Thing was the creation of Charles Addams, who drew the Addams Family cartoons in The New Yorker magazine, beginning in the 1930s. He first appeared in Addams's 1954 book Homebodies. One of Addams's cartoons shows the Addams mansion with a sign at the front saying "Beware of the Thing." Additionally, Thing has been in the original television series (1964-66), the revived series The New Addams Family (1998), in the related movies The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values (1993) and Addams Family Reunion (1998), and the 1992 animated series.

Unlocked

Unlocked may refer to:

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Unlocked (Alexandra Stan album)

Unlocked is the sophomore studio album recorded by Romanian recording artist Alexandra Stan. It was made available for digital download on 27 August 2014 through Victor Entertainment as a follow-up to her internationally successful album, Saxobeats (2011). Stan collaborated with several record producers on this album, including Andreas Schuller, Sebastian Jacome, Chrishan Prince, Erik Lidbom and Gabriel Huiban. She also took part at the FonoCamp 2013, the first international songwriting camp held in Romania, where she further worked on material featured on this album. Unlocked premiered following a violent incident between Stan and her former manager, Marcel Prodan, which caused Stan's hiatus in 2013. The incident was based on Stan's asking for her revenues.

The music of Unlocked draws from the EDM and dance-pop styles of her previous material, while also incorporating different forms of instrumentation from her previous releases, such as Bhangra and Caucasian music in "Kiss Me Goodbye" and "Give Me Your Everything", respectively. Lyrically, the album approaches themes such as issuance, retrieval and a new beginning, while also speaking about Stan's ups and downs with her unidentified boyfriend. The record received generally positive reviews from music critics, with them praising its material for being "catchy" and "infectious". Unlocked also drew comparisons to the works of Britney Spears, Rihanna and Sia. Adictivoz pointed out Stan's noticeable "dose of sensitivity" and "passion" throughout the record.

Unlocked (2016 film)

Unlocked is an upcoming American thriller film directed by Michael Apted and written by Peter O'Brien. The film stars Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Michael Douglas, John Malkovich and Toni Collette.

Cast

Production

On September 23, 2010, Warner Bros. picked up the film, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura set to produce. On April 7, 2014, Noomi Rapace joined the cast, with Mikael Hafstrom set to direct. On September 7, 2014, Michael Douglas and Orlando Bloom joined the cast. On November 6, 2014, John Malkovich and Toni Collette joined the cast.Principal photography began on November 3, 2014, and ended on January 17, 2015.

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